Roll-writing-paper device



(No Model.)

0. H. MITGHAMORE. ROLL WRITING PAPER DEVICE.

No. 391,379. Patented 001:. 16, 1888.

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES H. MITCHAMORE, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF FOUR-TEN'IHS TO JOH\ A. STEINBARGEI, OF SAME PLACE, AND \VM. 0. BROWN, JR,

or TOLEDO, OHIO.

ROLL-WRITING- PAPER DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 391,379, dated October 16, 1888.

Application filed December-l6, 1887. Serial No. 258,113. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES H. MrroHA- MORE, of Columbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Roll-\Vriting-Par per Devices, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a desk equipped with my roll-writing-paper device; Fig. 2, an enlarged perspective view of the device itself open 5 Fig. 3, a perspective View of the same closed; Fig. 4, a cross vertical section of the roll and roll-receptacle on the underside of the desk; Fig. 5, a top view of the roll and receptacle, and Fig. 6 a vertical longitudinal section of the roll and receptacle.

The object of my invention is to equip a desk or a portable writing-cabinet with a device which is designed to receive a continuous roll of Writingpaper; and the invention also relates to means for holding and paying off the roll of paper and to provide a means for holding the paper and handling it in a convenient way. It also provides for a ruled tablet or sheet, over which the writing-paper travels or on which it rests, and a hinged blotting-pad for covering the paper to be written upon and for blotting the same; and it consists in having this continuous roll ofwriti ng-paper placed in a-suitable receptacle on the under side of the desk or table, andin forming aslot through the table or desk, through which the end of the roll of paper is placed, and having on the upper side of this desk or table and at a suitable distance from the slotted portion a parallel plate or strip provided with a hinge, to which is attached a blotting-pad,which extends over to the slotted portion of the table, and in then placing a ruled pad or sheet in the space intervening between the slot and the hinged part, so that when the paper from the roll beneath is drawn up and passes under the hinged part it will rest on the ruled pad or sheet beneath, and the hinged blotting pad or leaf will rest on the paper, or it may be turned up so as to expose the paper for writing thereon, all of which will now be fully set forth in detail.

In the drawings, A represents an ordinary desk or table to which the device is to be tached. Instead of thistable a portable cab1- net may be used, to which the device can be attached in the same manner, as will now be shown. On the under side of the top of the desk A is a receptacle composed of a sermon-- cular piece, B, having at each end a sultable head, 0 C, and this receptacleis hinged at one side, as shown at D, to the under side of the top A. A latch or catch, E, on the other side serves the purpose of holding the receptacle in position.

The tube F, which holds the continuous roll of paper, is composed of a cylinder having at each end a head or plug, G, which head or plugs are provided centrally with rectangularly-formed apertures H.

I I represent disks of the same are, or slightly smaller than the interior of the receptacle B, and centrally on the under side of these disks are springs J J, attached at right angles on the disks. These springs have a turned leaf, K, and notches L, which fit into the rectangular slots H in the heads or plugs G. One of the disks has, centrally, a square hole or aperture, and the end of the receptacle has also a hole, through which is placed the key N, by means of which the disks I and rolls F may be turned by hand, if desired. One of the disks has a spring, 0, resting against it, the ends of the spring being attached to the shell B of the receptacle, while the other end of the spring has an adj listing-screw, P. The object of this spring is to prevent the diskjand roll from moving too freely when the paper is drawn up through the aperture in the desk. It should be observed that this receptacle is secured to the under side of the desk preferably at an angle, as the majority of writers prefer to dispose of their writing material at an angle, as a matter of convenience and comfort, as shown in Fig. 1; or it can be located on the desk at any angle desired by the writer.

The slide or aperture Q through the table, as shown in Fig. 4, is supplemented by means of a slotted'plate, B, one side of which has a downturned flange, R. The paper S passes upward through this slot from the roll, and extends thence along the table a suitable dislance to another plate or metallic strip, T, secured to the table on a line parallel with the strip or plate R, but in such a position that the paper S can pass beneath it, as shown in Fig. 2. This strip T has a hinge on its upper side composed of a wire, U, secured at both ends and designed to receive a clip, V, to which a pad, W, or blotter is secured. This hinged blotting lid W is of such length that when placed down on the paper S it will extend forward and cover the slotQ in the plate or strip R. In the space between the strips R T beneath the paper S is a ruled pad or sheet, X, so that when the paper S on the roll is unruled, as I prefer it, the lines on the sheet X will serve as ruled lines for. the writer.

In the use of this device the roll of paper is first placed in the receptacle by attaching the plugs G G to the tube F,upon which the paper is rolled, and in afterward forcing the springs J .T into the rectangular aperture H, and then placing this roll and disk into the receptacle B, after which the key N is placed through the opening at the end of the receptacle and the receptacle swung upward and secured in position, as shown in Fig. 4. The end of the paper is then passed through the slot U, and thence extends upwardly, so as to pass under the strip T. The ruled sheet X being placed under the paper,the letter can then be written, and aftercompletion be drawn up beyond the plate T and torn off along the line of the plate, as shown by reference to Fig. 3. The plate T has a knife edge or blade on its upper edge for this purpose. This blotter, it will be observed, which is hinged, serves both the purposes as a cover for the written matter or as a blotter, and is therefore a very convenient and useful adjunct. By this means the paper does not need to be ruled or printed, and, as it is used inlong strips and has an even and smooth surface, upon which it rests while being written upon, does not necessitate paper of heavy weight or of the best quality, as is absolutely necessary in case loose sheets are used. The roll of paper, being inclosed in a cabinet and the loose end when not in use being covered with the hinged blotter, is at all times protected from being soiled.

It is obvious that carbon paper may be used in the ordinary way; but this is no feature of my present invention, and I merely call attention to it to show that it may be used in connection with this as well as loose sheets of paper in the ordinary way. I

What I claim as new is 1. In a roll-writing-paper device, a strip for receiving beneath it a continuous sheet of paper, having thereon a hinged blottingleaf which can be turned in either direction, so as to cover the continuous sheet of paper on each side of the strip, substantially as herein shown.

2. The slotted strip for receiving the continuous sheet of rolled paper, in combination with a strip located at a distance therefrom, having a hinged blotting pad or leaf, and the continuous strip or sheet of writing-paper, substantially as herein set forth.

3. The slotted strip secured to the table or desk, in combination with a parallel strip, T, located at a distance therefrom and having hinged thereto a blotter or leaf, with the continuous sheet of writingpaper and the ruled tablet or sheet intervening between the two strips beneath the paper, substantially as herein set forth.

4. The hinged receptacle B on the under side of the table, having therein the removable roll of writing;paper, in combination with the slot in the desk in the strip A, having a hinged blotting pad or leaf, substantially as herein set forth.

5. The disks I I, having centrally the pro jecting spriugleaves J, in combination with the plugs or heads G, having the rectangular aperture, and the cylinder or tube F of the roll, substantially as herein set forth.

6. A strip or blade for receiving thereinunder the strip of paper from the roll, and provided with a hinged blotting pad or leaf, having one side sharpened to provide a cutting or tearing edge for the paper, substan tially as herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I liave hereunto set my hand, this 9th day of September, 1887, in the presence of witnesses.

CHAS. H. MITGHAMORE.

Witnesses:

EDWARD BARTON, Rom. S. MILLAR. 

